From Our Special Correspondent

LONDON, June 3: Imran Khan’s Tehrik-i-Insaf (TI) has given the UK government 90 days to investigate what it called the ‘illegal’ activities orchestrated in Pakistan by MQM’s Altaf Hussain, a British citizen, and ‘bring him to book’.

In a memorandum presented at the 10 Downing Street on Sunday after an hour-long demonstration by some 300 people, the local TI leaders alleged that Altaf Hussain was responsible for numerous incidents of torture and killings in Pakistan and that the funds collected through extortion by his party men were being used to facilitate MQM’s criminal activities.

The memorandum further said that since he was a British national he should be held accountable for these activities in the UK and the sources of his funds should also be investigated by the British government.

The memorandum held the MQM and Altaf Hussain directly responsible for the mayhem in Karachi on May 12.

The demonstration, led by local TI leaders, was also attended by PML-N workers as well as Pakistani students and lawyers. They were raising slogans against President Gen Musharraf and Altaf Hussain.

Imran Khan did not attend the demonstration as according to TI sources he was busy meeting important UK legislators and lawyers to brief them on his case against Altaf Hussain.

Imran’s aides said that no notice has been served on their leader by anybody on behalf of Sarfraz Nawaz.

In the afternoon, the Lawyers’ Forum, UK, held an hour-long demonstration in front of the MQM’s international headquarters here. It was a relatively small group of some 30 to 40 people. They were holding placards which read: Disarm the MQM, Prosecute Altaf Hussain.